PURPOD100® has earned Club Coffee the 2016 Innovation in Bioplastics award from SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association and the SPI Bioplastics Council.
About the Award:
The competition acknowledges the year’s most creative, state-of-the-art innovation in the bioplastics industry.
•SPI selects one company a year for its innovative application of bioplastics materials, products or processes
•Entries are judged on innovation, sustainability measures and marketplace impact
SPI actively advocates and educates about bioplastics. When SPI representatives saw PURPOD100® at the Innovation Takes Root industry event in Florida earlier this year, they encouraged Club Coffee to submit PURPOD100® for this prestigious award. Winning the award indicates that PURPOD100® is a major step forward for bioplastics innovation focused directly on a high-profile consumer need.
The entire Club Coffee and PURPOD100® teams are proud to earn this prestigious award.
Past winners are:
•Avantium, which won the first Innovation in Bioplastics Award in 2013 for its development of a packaging material for beverage makers
•Teknor Apex won the 2014 Award for the development of compounds with high-impact and heat-resistant properties
•Eastman Kodak was the winner in 2015 for its creation of a biotoner that contains greater than 90 percent biobased and biodegradable materials
About SPI & Bioplastics Industry:
SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association represents the third largest manufacturing sector in the United States.
•Increasing focus on sustainability and favorable government regulations for green procurement policies
•New opportunities in the consumer goods and packaging sectors e.g., biodegradable mulch films, compostable waste bags, catering products, film packaging and of course … coffee pods!
To learn more about Club Coffee please visit www.clubcoffee.ca
To learn more about PURPOD100® please visit www.purpod100.com
For the SPI official press release on the award please visit the SPI Website!
